first of all, i don’t know which college we are talking. XX Community college or YY State college are different from flagship State University.
Mu experience is a flagship top 20 public Univ in US. I don’t use Physics as example because it may not be fair. I was good at Math and I know concept better than cramping material in Physics. I was in foreign language class. Half of class took 2 to 3 years of the languages in HS, but I got an A even I have no exposure of the foreign language in HS. I had friend with comp sci major never do programming in HS before and she became a top graduate. Don’t give excuse to yourself. Do just say you can take challenge in college app but can’t learn freshman course with confident.